DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The former President of Dallas County Schools has been sentenced in connection with a corruption scheme that brought down the embattled school bus agency. A judge gave Larry Duncan three years probation and six months of home confinement for tax evasion related to the scandal. He must also pay back around…… MORE
AWASHINGTON (AP) – Attorney General William Barr is set to face members of Congress amid intense speculation over his review of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report. Barr isn’t coming to Congress to talk about the report, but lawmakers are expected to ask about it anyway as they anxiously wait to see it in the…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – The George and Barbara Bush Foundation has asked that an Air Force One plane set for retirement in 2025 be permanently exhibited at the late president’s museum at Texas A&M. The Houston Chronicle reports that, if approved, the Boeing VC-25A would be on permanent loan to the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) — A suburban Dallas teenager has pleaded guilty to plotting an Islamic State group-inspired mass shooting at a North Texas mall. A state judge sentenced Matin Azizi-Yarand to 20 years in prison Monday for solicitation of capital murder and making a terroristic threat, state and federal prosecutors announced. The 18-year-old is eligible for…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Fort Worth Police are on the hunt for a suspected hit and run driver after a man was killed in the parking lot of La Gran Plaza mall in South Fort Worth. Police say the driver hit the man more than once, shortly after 2 am outside a Latin nightclub near Las…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Police say a kayaker found a body at Mountain Creek Lake Wednesday and Police confirm it is Weltzin Garcia, the Grand Prairie mother who went missing months ago. Garcia and her estranged boyfriend Alfonzo Hernandez, disappeared February 5th. Hernandez was found dead days later in White Rock Lake. Police say they issued a Domestic…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A state appeals court has halted this week’s scheduled execution of a Texas death row inmate condemned for the shooting death of an 81-year-old woman nearly 30 years ago. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Monday granted a request by Mark Robertson’s attorneys to stay his execution. The decision came as…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF)- A specialized Women’s Hospital just opened in Medical City Arlington. CEO Keith Zimmerman said this was created as a destination women’s hospital, a luxurious and safe place for care. “Smart women in North Texas want a safe place to deliver and a safe place for their baby but they also want to have a luxurious experience and…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles is expected to leave the Trump administration, said three administration officials, amid a shake-up in the upper echelon of the Department of Homeland Security. Alles’ departure stems from a personality conflict within the agency, the officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway is apologizing to the city for accepting about half a million dollars worth of bribes. This comes after he was sentenced Friday to four and a half years in federal prison. Caraway joined our sister station, 1310 The Ticket, to deliver his message. “I…… MORE
